Publications
| cross-protection between tacaribe complex viruses. presence of neutralizing antibodies against junin virus (argentine hemorrhagic fever) in guinea pigs infected with tacaribe virus. | cross-protection between junin virus and five other tacaribe complex viruses and the serological response of guinea pigs inoculated with tacaribe virus are reported here. previous infection with tamiami or pichinde viruses significantly delayed guinea pig deaths. a 58% survival rate was found among animals immunized with three doses of amapari virus, while guinea pigs inoculated with one dose of machupo or tacaribe virus were fully protected against junin virus. neutralization tests performed in ... | 1975 | 178627 |
| antibodies to tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family arenaviridae, genus arenavirus) in cricetid rodents from new mexico, texas, and mexico. | blood samples from 4893 cricetid rodents were tested for antibody (immunoglobulin g) to whitewater arroyo virus and amaparí virus to extend our knowledge of the natural host range and geographical distribution of tacaribe serocomplex viruses in north america. antibodies to arenaviruses were found in northern pygmy mice (baiomys taylori), woodrats (neotoma spp.), northern grasshopper mice (onychomys leucogaster), oryzomys (oryzomys spp.), deermice (megadontomys nelsoni and peromyscus spp.), harve ... | 2010 | 20795917 |